Dad’s London Drive
One night, when I couldn’t sleep,
Because my head was full of dreams,
My dad took me out for a drive …
He said, ‘We’re going to go for a fly drive around the world!’
We drove through Manor House, he said, ‘This is the Bosphorus’,
We drove around Brick Lane, he said ‘This the Bay of Bengal’,
We drove through Brixton, he said, ‘This is Dun’s River Falls’,
We drove down Bayswater, he smiled, ‘This is the Great Sugarloaf Mountain of Brazil,
Then we drove to our little home on the hill,
‘We’ve landed!’ he said.
The next morning my teacher asked me what I had done the day before.
‘I travelled and saw the beauty of the world’ I replied.
She didn’t believe me- but it was true …
Because my head was full of dreams,
My dad took me out for a drive …
He said, ‘We’re going to go for a fly drive around the world!’
We drove through Manor House, he said, ‘This is the Bosphorus’,
We drove around Brick Lane, he said ‘This the Bay of Bengal’,
We drove through Brixton, he said, ‘This is Dun’s River Falls’,
We drove down Bayswater, he smiled, ‘This is the Great Sugarloaf Mountain of Brazil,
Then we drove to our little home on the hill,
‘We’ve landed!’ he said.
The next morning my teacher asked me what I had done the day before.
‘I travelled and saw the beauty of the world’ I replied.
She didn’t believe me- but it was true …
This poem is copyright (©) Carmella de Keyser 2025

About the Writer
Carmella de Keyser
Carmella is from Belsize Park, London but now lives in Essex. She has a History degree from the University of Manchester and writes poetry for both adults and children, exploring her Balkan heritage, identity and feelings of displacement. She co-founded the Harlow Circle of Poetry and you can see some of her work in 'Your Harlow' and in the next edition of 'Dream Catcher Literary Magazine'. She is compiling a children's collection of poems based on all the adventures she has been on with her two children. In her spare time Carmella is a Vegetarian who loves the Beatles, sci-fi and adores animals especially elephants!